Risk of Rain 2 – Artificier – Overview and Skills

Artificer is a very strong elemental mage with plenty of high-area-of-effect damage skills ready to burn, freeze, and electrify your enemies. He does really great in burst damage and crowd control, making him perfect for those who love range attacks with a mixture of area-of-effect hits. Though, keep in mind that the Artificer isn’t the fastest or most robust character out there; positioning is key in battles!

Skill – Flame Bolt

Skills Flame Bolt Effect: Emits a bolt that inflicts 200% of damage and sets ablaze enemies.

Charge: Up to 4 Usage: For starters, this is going to be your bread-and-butter key attack that will give you more or less consistent damage over time. And the best part? Setting enemies ablaze makes them take even more burn damage! It’s very good for harassment against foes at mid-range.

Skill – Charged Nano Bomb

Charged Nano Bomb Effect: Charges up a nano bomb that launches at 400% – 1200% damage depending on how long you hold it. Stuns all hit enemies.

Usage: This is a great skill to use against groups of enemies since it does a huge amount of damage and also stuns them. One thing to keep in mind while using this skill is the fact that the more you hold, the greater the damage, so timing your release is an important factor.

Skill – Snapfreeze

Snapfreeze Effect: Freezes enemies in a block of ice, dealing 100% area of effect damage. Frozen low health enemies explode instantly.

Usage: This is a good crowd control skill to kill lower health mobs on the spot. This works very well against fast movers or enemies who are trying to close the distance to you. Position yourself well to cut off chokepoints and ensure that enemies don’t reach you.

Skill – Flamethrower

Flamethrower Effect: Scorches all enemies in front with a massive 1700% area of effect damage.

Use: The Flamethrower is certainly the most devastating skill that the Artificer possesses, laying down immense area-of-effect damage within a small area. Employ it to clean out groups in rapid fashion, but do pay attention to your positioning—you’ll have to be in close to make it work. Perfect for taking down high-health targets, or when you find yourself surrounded!

Unlocking

Complete the achievement Pause by spending 10 Lunar Coins at the Bizarre Between Time to release the character from suspension.

Lunar Coins are a persistent (not lost on death) currency dropped at random by enemies and the Bizarre is accessed either by a random blue portal spawn or by spending a Lunar Coin at a Newt Statue. Once inside the Bizarre spend the 10 coins at the crystal beside the Newt that contains the character.

If spawning the blue portal through statue interaction rather than random chance you must have at least 11 Lunar Coins (1 to spawn the portal, and 10 to unlock the character).

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